Shell faces new court case in the Netherlands over emissions A Dutch climate activist group launched a new ​court case against Shell on Tuesday in the Netherlands, demanding that the British energy ‌major immediately end its investments in new oil and gas projects.

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Reading articles like this makes me immediately refer back to the “Playing for Change” video of John Paul Jones & intn’l collaborators playing “When the Levee Breaks”. If interested in music and/or the tech that made this video that speaks to the effects of global climate change possible, find it.

Utah’s moose are already under siege, and weather conditions have created what one wildlife manager has called a “worst-case scenario.” www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/20/utah-moo...

We couldn’t get our mother to eat fry bread and didn’t know why but didn’t push it out of Respect but one day I did ask why ? With tears flowing tears she raised her head in defiance and spoke “Many times as a child that was all we had to eat three times day along with a brown pitcher of water “

Some progressives & Democrats need to stop justifying refusing to vote or 3rd party voting by saying Biden "didn't do anything."

He did a whole damn lot. Facts matter. And so does a young liberal SCOTUS justice who will protect civil rights for decades.

www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fa...

Gov. Cox warns social media is a 'cancer' on society and nation is at a 'watershed moment' Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called social media "a cancer on our society" Friday and warned the nation is at a "watershed moment," comparing the viral video of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing t...

Governor Vox, this is your party, the Republican party, that has embraced and promoted violence through Trump and social media over the last decade. You all own it.
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Delusional, dangerous Drumpf conjuring up a truth that is obviously yet another lie.

Monetizing tragedy = the human darkness deepens. Instantly forces me to acknowledge the truth of the quote in “Beef” (Season 2): “….capitalism is the perfect system for self-interest….”

I have read this & am now posting through tears. Some are from how deeply heartbreaking these responses are. The rest are as a means to vent how beyond enraged I am at the level of inhumanity these “sweeps” represent.

180+ murders on international waters of alleged traffickers with no chance of due process. Unacceptable. To the U.S. Congress: DO YOUR JOB!!!

A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing. At least three families won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against former Skyline Healthcare owner Joseph Schwartz. They haven’t collected a cent.

Joseph Schwartz’s case is the latest in a string of health care fraud pardons by Trump.

The president also granted clemency to nursing home magnate Philip Esformes, convicted of a $1.3B scheme, and Judith Negron, convicted in a $200M fraud case.

Only the few who can gain info from these centers to broker want these centers built - incredibly obscene amounts of resources to run much less waste product disposal concerns be damned. The remaining states need to adopt the Maine template immediately.

Loud, power hungry - opposition grows to datacenters as Maine passes bit barn ban If there's one thing folks want less than Copilot in their taskbar, it's a bit barn in their backyard Loud, thirsty, power hungry, and intensely unpopular with neighboring residents: datacenters are becoming the new nuclear waste dump. And many localities are now saying "not in my backyard."…

Loud, power hungry - opposition grows to datacenters as Maine passes bit barn ban

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'A crime she's still in office!' MAGA Rep berates Minnesota prosecutor on Fox News A MAGA lawmaker berated a Minnesota state prosecutor during a Fox News interview on Saturday for bringing charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer regarding his actions during "Operation Metro Surge" earlier this year. Fox News reported on Friday that Hennepin County Attorney M...

A MAGA lawmaker berated a Minnesota state prosecutor during a Fox News interview on Saturday for bringing charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer regarding his actions during "Operation Metro Surge" earlier this year.

Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.

A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.

The educational experience requires personal interaction w/ those of differing talents, experiences, and personalities. Those with the strongest foundation for self-awareness, confidence & social intelligence are those who interact in real-time v the isolated environment of a computer screen.

Oldest known recording of a whale song could unlock mysteries of the ocean Researchers say the discovery of the oldest known recordings of whale sounds could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate.

A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say it's the oldest such recording known.
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Pope Leo XIV challenges Angola's leaders while delivering a message of encouragement for its people Pope Leo XIV has challenged Angola's leaders to “break the cycles of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries.

Pope Leo XIV has challenged Angola's leaders to "break the cycles of interests" that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries.

They’re New York millionaires — and they want more taxes

They’re New York millionaires — and they want more taxes

There is nothing good to be gotten from this PR move. Drumpf fancies himself as a Pope, Messiah, doctor, and now a senior Rector or pastor for the U.S. Nothing more needs to be said

Oregon judge blasts RFK Jr., striking down declaration restricting gender-affirming care for youth "Unserious leaders are unsafe," the judge wrote in his 49-page opinion.

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OR judge blast HHS Secy Kennedy for “wanton disregard” for the law and "cruelty" in restricting funding for kids' GAC adding “unserious leaders are unsafe.” He has prohibiting fed govt from superseding medical groups' Standards of Care.

Feds look for a connection in cases of missing or dead scientists President Donald Trump said the cases might be random coincidence. The news comes amid swirling reports and speculation about a number of cases.

President Donald Trump said the cases might be random coincidence. The news comes amid swirling reports and speculation about a number of cases.

The Right Wants You Stupid The eternal quest to preserve the “pleasing illusions” that hold society and its authorities together.

"Nevertheless Mill, who was very familiar with intelligent right-wing contemporaries like Carlyle and Coleridge, grasped an important point that Kirk rarely acknowledged: the undeniable anti-intellectual streak that has pervaded the right down to Donald Trump" www.liberalcurrents.com/the-right-wa...

The Moral Arc of the Universe Bends Toward Finding Out Chaos has a nasty habit of rebounding homewards.

"The lesson for us in the opposition, then, is taken from Republicans’ approach to Benghazi. You do not have to hand it to Trump for getting rid of a “bad guy.” You do not have to caveat that, of course, Maduro and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei were not good leaders."

ProPublica Sues Education Department for Withholding Records About Discrimination in Schools Under Secretary Linda McMahon, the work of the Office for Civil Rights, which aims to protect students from discrimination, is cloaked in secrecy.

We sued the Education Dept. for withholding records about discrimination in schools.

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This seems to be a reasonable thought process. The thing is, nothing - no one - is reasonable, esp in the Drumpf circle. I am not creative enough to see reasonable thinking as a means to end this madness but I do have a substantial amount of optimism left.

Transcript: George Conway on Why Trump Will Be Removed from Office Conway, the former GOPer turned Trump critic who’s running for Congress as a Democrat, lays out his case that Republicans will eventually have no choice but to remove the president before his term ends.

"I think at some point a consensus is going to arise—because he’s going to get worse—that he has to go. And I think what has to be done is we have to start talking about that and preparing for that moment when everybody has had enough." trib.al/o6muyYs

ICE agent charged with second-degree assault in Minnesota for allegedly pointing gun at civilians Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. was charged Thursday with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, and there is a warrant out for his arrest, a Minnesota prosecutor said.

An ICE agent who was part of the federal immigration surge in Minnesota earlier this year has been charged with felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, a Minnesota prosecutor announces.

The agent is accused of pointing a gun at the heads of two civilians in a vehicle.